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Ames, IA

69,029 Population
28.2 square miles 2,447.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 29.9 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,338 ±$2,371 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $37,572 ±$1,524
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,709 ±$6,965 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $70,873 ±$5,731
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23.9% ±4.2% (13,465  ±2,362) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 14.4% † 16,616 (±2.1% / ±2,457)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

15.6 minutes ±0.7 (508,545  ±30,224) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 18.8 1,121,515 (±0.5 / ±38,591)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,827 ±1,172 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 50,869 ±1,142
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (56,311  ±239) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 2.3 115,658 (±0.1 / ±244)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.4% ±1.2% (314  ±264) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.5% † 1,178 (±1.7% / ±576)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

28,700 ±888 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 54,437 ±112
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$298,500 ±$22,055 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $279,700 ±$11,752
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

31.7% ±4.2% (21,741  ±2,864.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 21.1% † 27,011 (±2.5% / ±3,136.9)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

98.9% ±6.7% (31,310  ±2,660.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 96.8% 71,674 (±4.8% / ±3,670.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
67.3% ±5.5% (21,310  ±2,060.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 48.9% 36,197 (±3.3% / ±2,501.5)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.1% ±1.7% (8,324  ±1,175) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 7.3% 9,476
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.8% ±0.9% (1,133  ±525) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.6% † 3,804 (±0.8% / ±823)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,133 Total veterans ±525 1,133 Male ±525 N/A Female ±174

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